CareGuard’s AHRQ-assigned Patient Safety Organization number is P0268.
The listing
| Field | Value | Source |
|---|---|---|
| PSO name | CareGuard | AHRQ listing letter, November 22, 2024 |
| PSO number | P0268 | AHRQ listing letter |
| Effective | November 22, 2024 | AHRQ listing letter |
| Period | Three years, to November 21, 2027 | AHRQ listing letter |
| Listed by | The Secretary of HHS, through AHRQ’s Center for Quality Improvement and Patient Safety | AHRQ listing letter |
| Parent organization | Sevadar Foundation Inc. | This foundation |
The public record is AHRQ’s own listed-PSO directory: pso.ahrq.gov/pso/careguard.
A note on the address in the federal record. AHRQ’s listing carries the mailing address the PSO gave at the time of application. Sevadar Foundation and CareGuard now operate from 4477 Woodson Rd, Suite 203, St. Louis, MO 63134, and updating the federal record is a live task rather than a discrepancy to explain away. If you are comparing records and they disagree, the address on this site is the current one. Where we work →
What the listing means
- Information that meets the statutory definition of patient safety work product, reported to CareGuard, is privileged and confidential under federal law. That is the operative consequence and it is not a courtesy CareGuard extends. The statute.
- CareGuard carries continuing federal obligations. The Patient Safety Act requires a PSO to have two bona fide contracts during each successive 24-month period beginning with its initial listing date, and to attest to AHRQ about that requirement within the timeframe the Patient Safety Rule sets.
- Disclosure obligations apply. Where a PSO has, or enters into, certain relationships with a provider it also holds a Patient Safety Act contract with, the Rule requires disclosure within specified deadlines.
- Changes must be reported promptly. A PSO must notify AHRQ during its period of listing if it can no longer comply with any of its attestations, or if there has been any change in the accuracy of the information submitted for listing — including a change of address, phone number or point of contact.
What the listing does not mean
- It is not an endorsement. AHRQ lists organizations that certify they meet the criteria. Listing is not a quality rating of the PSO, and it is emphatically not a rating of any facility the PSO works with.
- It is not regulatory authority. A PSO cannot cite, fine, sanction or license anyone.
- It does not transfer to the parent. The listing belongs to CareGuard. Sevadar Foundation is the parent organization; it is not itself a Patient Safety Organization and does not describe itself as one.
- The AHRQ “Listed PSO” logo belongs to the PSO alone. AHRQ directs that the logo be used only in relation to information pertaining specifically to the PSO — on the listed PSO’s own site, not on pages of a parent or affiliated organization. That is why you will not find it on sevadar.org.
Questions
Does the listing expire?
The listing letter states a three-year period running from November 22, 2024 to November 21, 2027. Continued listing is not automatic; it depends on the PSO meeting its obligations, including the two-contract requirement. How listing works. Read more: What a Patient Safety Organization actually does.
Is Sevadar Foundation a Patient Safety Organization?
No. CareGuard is. Sevadar Foundation is its parent organization, and conflating the two would misstate a federal listing. How the foundation works. Read more: One foundation, three programs.
Can I see what CareGuard has found?
No, and neither can this foundation. Patient safety work product is confidential under 42 U.S.C. § 299b–22(b). The walls. Read more: What a Patient Safety Organization actually does.
Sources
Every figure on this page is traceable. Where a source is a government report, the year the data describe is named alongside it, because it is usually not the year of publication.
- Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Center for Quality Improvement and Patient Safety. Letter listing CareGuard PSO as a Patient Safety Organization, November 22, 2024 — PSO number P0268, listing effective November 22, 2024 for three years, to November 21, 2027. Document on file with Sevadar Foundation.
- Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality. Listed PSO directory entry for CareGuard, PSO P0268. pso.ahrq.gov/pso/careguard
- U.S. Congress. Patient Safety and Quality Improvement Act of 2005, Public Law 109–41, enacted July 29, 2005; 119 Stat. 424. Codified at 42 U.S.C. §§ 299b–21 to 299b–26. govinfo.gov
- U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. Patient Safety and Quality Improvement; Final Rule, 73 Fed. Reg. 70732 (November 21, 2008). Codified at 42 C.F.R. Part 3, “Patient Safety Organizations and Patient Safety Work Product.” govinfo.gov